ITU-T SERIES J SUPP 7 PDF

This Supplement serves as a guidance document for the ECI Ecosystem as specified in [ITU-T J.1012], [ITU-T J.1013], [ITU-T J.1014] and ], as well as [b-ITU-T J Suppl.8] and [b-ITU-T J-Suppl.9], including specification of the architecture of the ECI system as defined in [ITU-T J.1011] and specification of the requirements as defined in ECI ITU-T Recommendation [ITU-T J.1010]. A major advantage and innovation of the ECI Ecosystem, compared with currently deployed systems, is a fully software-based client container architecture, backed by a standardized advanced security hardware and secure software functionality for the loading and exchanging of CA/DRM client systems in CPEs. ECI compliant solutions do not require any detachable hardware modules in CPEs. Software containers provide a secure ("Sandbox") environment for either CA or DRM kernels, hereafter named as ECI Clients, together with their individual Virtual Machine Instances. The download process is embedded in a secure and trusted environment, providing a trust hierarchy for installation and exchange of ECI Host and ECI Clients and thus enabling an efficient protection against integrity- and substitution attacks. For this reason, the ECI Ecosystem integrates an advanced security mechanism.

This Supplement covers implementation guidance details in the following clauses:

– Clause 6 contains performance requirements and parameters for the ECI Host, the ECI Client, the Virtual Machine and for the Advanced Security System.

– Clause 7 deals with use cases and applications based on the ECI Ecosystem, which either complement the ECI ITU-T Recommendations or address given scenarios in more detail.

This Supplement has the objective to make available to ECI implementers as much as possible of the common understanding captured during the work developing the ECI-related ITU-T Recommendations [ITU-T J.1010] ], [ITU-T J.1011], [ITU-T J.1012], [ITU-T J.1013], [ITU-T J.1014] and [ITU-T J.1015]as well as [b-ITU-T J Suppl.8] and [b-ITU-T J Suppl.9]. The present Supplement was prepared with the intention to provide know-how complementary to the content of these ECI-related ITU-T Recommendations themselves and about the environment in which an ECI Ecosystem will be operated. It is planned to extend this guideline by further guidance and background information gained during the implementation and operation of ECI compliant ecosystems.